Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 18 August 1918, McIntosh, GA. Died: 5 March 1996, NY. Enlisted: 27 March 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: 1940 census he worked at the Cloister Hotel, Sea Island Company. Serial #34060227 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 1918, Jefferson County, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 27 March 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Sawmill. Serial #34060199 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 13 November 1921, Columbus, OH. Died: 19 November 1968, Youngstown, OH. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: Kitchen worker at hotel or restaurant and in 1940 census he also worked as a farm laborer. His father was Howell Shipp and his mother…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 21 January 1918, Louisiana. Died: 29 April 1979, San Francisco, CA. Enlisted: 17 August 1940, Montgomery, AL, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Discharged: 10 December 1945. Civilian occupation: delivery boy at a drug store. Serial #14015509 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 2 January 1922, AL. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 3 April 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: grammar School. Civilian occupation: Janitor/sexton and in 1940 he was a dealer for a wood yard. Spouse: Edith Rogers. Serial #34100274 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 10 October 1917, Hampton County, SC. Died: 21 October 1961, SC. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 20 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: sawmill/farmer. His father was James Ruth and his mother Docia Reid Ruth. Serial # 34096837 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 16 September 1917, Orangeburg County, SC. Died: 11 December 2006, Jacksonville, FL. Enlisted: 29 June 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: messenger/errand boy. His father was Sam Robinson and his mother Sally Wickman. Serial #34094278 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 25 June 1919, Dougherty County, GA. Died: 17 September 1966, Alameda, CA. Enlisted: 1 November 1945, Whitefish, Montana, Regular Army, Transportation Corps. Education: three years high school. Serial #34062596 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 28 April 1922, Tate County, MS. Died: 11 November 1996, Cleveland, OH. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Porter, 1940 census lists him as a painter and in 1990’s he was a guard/police. Serial #34045216 If you have information about this soldier…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 24 May 1922, Lauderdale, MS. Died: 24 May 1971, Dayton, OH. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: kitchen worker at hotel or restaurant; 1940 a farm laborer and in 1959 a janitor. His father was Henry Robin, a sharecrop farmer and his…